How to install and configure the Disqus module

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Collection: Drupal 8 Site BuildingChapter: How to use taxonomy and comments

Here we install the Disqus module and add a Disqus comment field to our blog to give it a spin. We also explain how Disqus allows for moderating comments via email and how you can prevent comments from being published by default.

Transcript

I'm going to open that up in a new tab. We'll scroll down and we'll select the latest recommended version of Disqus. I'll copy the link address and go back to our site and we'll install a new module.

I'll paste in the URL and click install. Now, I'll enable it and click install. If we go back to the install instructions, let's configure it to use the short name.

Now, if you're following along, this will be a little bit different for you because you'll need a unique name and then it also says that we need to make sure that the view Disqus comments permission is enabled. Okay. Let's go back here.

I'm going to use Coffee to go to the Disqus settings. Here's our short name. I'll paste in Magnificent and we'll leave everything at the defaults for now and I'll click Save Configuration.

Now, we need to add a permission so we'll go to People and Permissions. I'm going to do a browser search for Disqus. Okay, here we go.

So, View Disqus Comments. Let's add that for anonymous users and authenticated users. In this case, viewing it means also being able to post if they have a Disqus account.

We'll go down to the bottom and click Save Permissions and now the last thing we need to do is add a Disqus comment field. Disqus uses fields just like the core comment module does so let's go to Structure, Content Types, Blog Entry, Manage Fields and let's add a field. We'll select a Disqus comment type.

We'll call this Comments, but we'll edit the machine name to be Test Disqus Comments. I'll click Save and Continue. We only need one value so we'll click Save Field Settings.

We can leave everything at the default and let's click Save Settings again and now let's go back to our page as an anonymous user and refresh and if you scroll down, you can see a ...

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